I can't keep up with these opposition groups. They criticise the council for giving themselves planning permission and suggest a conflict of interest, but now they say the current planning rules were 'democratically agreed'. Surely it can't be both?
The conflict is that the owner of the airport has a vested interest in approving any airport related application. I am sure we would all like the ability to give ourselves planning permission if we wanted to build an extension on our own homes and have the ability to ignore our neighbours complaints.
If Luton Airport was owned and operated by MAG do you think the Council would allow them to build on one of Luton’s largest public parks. Don’t think so, which is why other Councils including Hertfordshire think Luton is run by dodgy characters.